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Chris Schlerf joined BioWare Montreal in 2013 before leaving late last year
Read More »Halo: Master Chief Collection landing on Xbox One this year – report
Halo: The Master Chief Collection – a bundle packing remastered versions of the four numbered Halo releases – will reportedly launch later this year on Xbox One. Engadget sources claim the package features Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Halo 3 and Halo 4 – but omits other titles in the …
Read More »343 Industries hires professional Halo player
Halo developer 343 Industries has hired professional gamer Eric Hewitt. Team Beyondreports Hewitt, aka "GH057ayame,"has joined the studio in a yet to be revealed capacity. Hewitt previously competed in professional gaming events with Team Carbon. Though Hewitt has never worked on the Halo franchise in an official sense, his credentials …
Read More »Halo’s first major Xbox One ‘journey’ still planned for 2014
The Halo franchise’s next major entry is still scheduled to land in 2014, Halo PR manager Rob Semsey has assured. Semsey took to Twitter to quell the noise made over the franchise’s absence from this week’s Xbox Wire post, which mentioned several other upcoming Xbox One titles scheduled to launch …
Read More »Halo 4 programmer Corrinne Yu heads for Naughty Dog
343 Industries dev leaves Microsoft
Read More »Halo developer Corrinne Yu leaves Microsoft, joins Naughty Dog
Corrinne Yu, who served as the principal engine programmer of Halo 4 at 343 Industries, has ended her tenure at Microsoft to join Naughty Dog. Gematsu reports Yu departs after a five-year run with the company, and has already begun her work for Sony’s well-established studio. Yu herself lists coding …
Read More »Services Spotlight: Savalas
Kahl Henderson discusses his Glasgow sound studio and its work on Halo 4 – Spartan Ops
Read More »Visceral picks up Halo 4 lead designer
Scott Warner leaves 343 Industries for Dead Space studio
Read More »Microsoft confirms Halo 4 Game of the Year Edition for October
A Game of the Year edition of Halo 4 will arrive at retail this October, Microsoft has confirmed. IGN originally reported on a photo the outlet received from an anonymous source that shows the game as part of a presentation. The image indicates the game will be priced at $50 …
Read More »Microsoft: Halo 4 top-selling MS Studios Game of all time in US
Microsoft has declared Halo 4 as MS Studios best-selling title ever in the US. The company announced that 343 Industries’ franchise entry has bested Halo 3 for sales during each respective launch year,” – meaning the game has surpassed its predecessor in terms of launch year sales, but not yet …
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